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Message no. 1
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Dream Park (OT) was: Oh the pain, the pain! - Part 2
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 20:49:51 -0400
Steven A. Tinner wrote:

> The whole inspiration for the Bermuda Triangle/Cthulu/Godzilla/Voudoun
> thingy is from the third book in the Dream Park series - The California
> Voodoo Game.

You mean the Larry Niven series? Oh, man, I loved that first book.
Didn't realize it was a series. Anyone happen to know the titles of the
books after that, and authors if they're different, so I can hunt them
down?


--Jett

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--Jett, on being an NPC

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Message no. 2
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Dream Park (OT) was: Oh the pain, the pain! - Part 2
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 10:54:47 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Jett[SMTP:zmjett@*********.COM] wrote:
> Steven A. Tinner wrote:
>
> > The whole inspiration for the Bermuda
Triangle/Cthulu/Godzilla/Voudoun
> > thingy is from the third book in the Dream Park series - The
California
> > Voodoo Game.
>
> You mean the Larry Niven series? Oh, man, I loved that first book.
> Didn't realize it was a series. Anyone happen to know the titles of
the
> books after that, and authors if they're different, so I can hunt them
> down?

There's three books in the series, all of them written by Larry Niven
and Stephen Barnes.

They are:

Dreak Park
The Barsoom Project
The California Voodoo Game

R. Talsorian also brought out a Dream Park roleplaying game briefly at
one stage, with a few supplements. It has been out of print for a few
years now, so I guess the only place you'll find it will be in the 2nd
Hand bins.

cheers
G
--
Geoff Skellams R&D - TOWER Software
Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
ICQ Number: 2815165

"That rates about a 9.5 on my weird-shit-o-meter"
- Will Smith in "Men in Black"
Message no. 3
From: Steve Eley <sfeley@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Dream Park (OT) was: Oh the pain, the pain! - Part 2
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 21:11:55 -0400
Geoff Skellams wrote:
>
> R. Talsorian also brought out a Dream Park roleplaying game briefly at
> one stage, with a few supplements. It has been out of print for a few
> years now, so I guess the only place you'll find it will be in the 2nd
> Hand bins.

There's also a LARP organization for it -- the International Fantasy
Gaming Society (IFGS). At least, Larry Niven said at DragonCon this
weekend that they were based on the book.


Have Fun,
- Steve Eley
sfeley@***.net
Message no. 4
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Dream Park (OT) was: Oh the pain, the pain! - Part 2
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:58:37 -0700
> R. Talsorian also brought out a Dream Park roleplaying game briefly at
> one stage, with a few supplements. It has been out of print for a few
> years now, so I guess the only place you'll find it will be in the 2nd
> Hand bins.

Yea..I know where I can put my hands on some of the DP RPG stuff for
anyone interested..let me know in private..
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Understanding is a three edged sword. - Kosh
What is best in life?
To Crush Your Enemies,
See Them Driven Before You,
And To Hear The Lamentation Of Their Women. -Conan
I Am The LAW! -JD
Jamais Arriere
Message no. 5
From: XaOs <xaos@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Dream Park (OT) was: Oh the pain, the pain! - Part 2
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 01:25:11 -0500
> R. Talsorian also brought out a Dream Park roleplaying game briefly at
> one stage, with a few supplements. It has been out of print for a few
> years now, so I guess the only place you'll find it will be in the 2nd
> Hand bins.

And from the loser gamer with no life department...

There was another game with the same theme. Morpheus. It was published
locally (Springfield, MO, I think), and I bought a copy of the game from the
author for 5 bucks.

Anyway, Dream Park was published in '92, and has Niven's (and some other
guy's) approval. Morpheus was published in '90 by a 'Rapport' games. I
haven't heard much from them (ever), but they don't appear to reference
Niven at all. (Which isn't to say that Niven specifically had the original
idea, or that Rapport 'stole' it. <shrug>). Morpheus called their rec center
a 'mind park'.

-XaOs-
xaos@*****.net

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